Grain, livestock markets rebalancing || Christmas on the farm

The grain markets are mostly bearish right now. Not good for farmers, right? Wrong, says one economist. It's a sign of better balance for both crops & livestock, making for a more stable marketplace, one economist says. Do you agree?

Each year, the "whoosh" of rustling leaves, the "che" of a shovel striking soil, and the "psshh" of flying shoveled dirt emanate from Jim Mitchell's cornfields. That's because the Eaton, Ohio, farmer spends a good part of his summer in his cornfields checking for maladies and taking root checks. It helps give him insight into how to crack the 300-bushel-per-acre yield level and lets him know what he can expect come harvest.